Top 1200 Basketball Life Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.

I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward.

I was never able to be a part of U.S.A. Basketball in high school or college. So for me, it's a privilege.

I closely follow football (and basketball and baseball) for the right reasons, not the alarmingly irrelevant ones.

Even playing in China and with the Opals, basketball got really negative for me.

I played basketball, softball and lacrosse, also did gymnastics and danced for years.

I grew up drumming but had to put it on the back burner because of basketball.

I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas.

KG is Minnesota basketball, he is the Timberwolves - what he did, just the intensity he brought to the game.

I'm one of the best defenders to ever play basketball, so I'm still the first option on defense.

You've got to be on all-league teams before you can say that you are going to be a great basketball player.

I love football and basketball but fighting is the original, most primitive to our nature.

I'm not a troublemaker. People say, 'You got into a lot of incidents.' Yeah, but it was on the basketball floor.

Use different basketball offensive alignments to cause confusion for the other team.

Detroit Pistons basketball slogan: When the going gets tough, we fire the coach.

I'm a great sports fan, you know. I love to watch tennis and basketball and baseball and so on.

The love of this game has been with me since I heard the word basketball itself.

Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.

I play basketball because I like it, but the most important thing I want to do is help my family.

When I started playing basketball, it's about winning championships and being a great player.

I was captain of the soccer and basketball teams in high school, and I was the equivalent of class president.

As busy as we are and as focused as we are at our sport, there are times the coaches want you to get away from basketball.

In the summertime, I played Little League baseball; football in the fall; basketball in the winter.

I'm fighting against becoming soft. That's the worst thing you can say to a basketball player.

Thanks to Coach Bennett for a great education in basketball and for making me better.

Mike D'Antoni is one of the best offensive coaches in the whole game of basketball, by far.

We're out playing ball in the gym, I put boogers on the basketball and pass it to him.

I came to the Bay Area not just to play basketball but to explore business interests.

I think I'm one of the rare people out there who still cares about the game of basketball.

Mostly I play sports games - football and basketball. 'Inside Drive' and 'NFL Fever.'

In the basketball world, guys like me, we tend to make bad decisions.

I was the sports captain in school. I've done everything - from javelin to discus to basketball to judo.

My dad thought my head looked like a basketball, so he set one inside my crib.

Being from Canada, we never had, like, the basketball games live on TV.

There's so many young peoople who start to play basketball and never learn the fundamentals.

Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted.

I do play with a chip on my shoulder. That's who I am. That's how Philadelphia basketball players are raised.

Wrestling, football, basketball, and baseball were the four things I was obsessed with as a kid.

I just try to focus on the basketball game and not get caught up in all the media.

Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet.

I would say from a young age, basketball had been something I've loved.

You might be a redneck if... your high school basketball game got rained out.

I love teaching I think more than anything. It's the opportunity to just teach young people and teach the game. You teach more than basketball. You teach life skills. The teaching part of it is something that I am passionate about. I look forward to every practice. A lot of people say well, I enjoy coaching, but I see myself as more as a teacher.

Where I'm from, Bastrop, Louisiana, you played football, basketball, and baseball; you ran track - and that was about it.

I danced for 12 years, and I played a lot team sports: basketball, volleyball.

I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.

My passion is basketball and I'm so lucky to be able to use this sport to give back to my community.

The more your players have to think on the basketball court, the slower their feet get.

Nothing can prepare an 18-year-old for the fishbowl that is Duke basketball. So that was difficult.

We're just playing basketball. It's not like we're going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.

For me, basketball was the way I was able to hone my leadership skills during the heat of competition.

I hope they'll say I was one of the hardest-working basketball players on both ends of the floor.

It's just basketball, man. I think people try to make it something it's not, sometimes.

I just gotta go out there and play basketball the way I know how to.

For me, I can only talk so much about basketball, and I get a little bored.

Most of the time, it's easy for us basketball players to adjust to our situation.

I am deeply indebted to Georgetown University and the basketball program for all they have done for me.

Throughout my professional basketball career, I have always voiced my patriotism for my native land.

I grew up playing piano and violin, and then basketball took over.

People think I'm soft and bailed out on basketball. But it was five knee surgeries.